Stereotyping Tropes List (TVTropes)

writingwithcolor:

A masterpost of the Stereotyping Tropes from TVtropes.org. This list is identical to the one linked above, save the addition of Indigenous peoples, which was added. Check for the titles with links, as it leads to more pages of tropes.

For an assortment of other related tropes, some not mentioned here, see “Race Tropes“ as well as ”Prejudice Tropes.”

Advice on handling characters that lean towards harmful portrayals can be found in the tropes & stereotypes tags at writingwithcolor.

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General

• Crazy Cultural Comparison
• Culture Equals Costume
• Dirty Foreigner
• Europe Index
• Everyone Looks Sexier If French
• Foreign Queasine
• Foreign Wrestling Heel
• Funny Foreigner
• Hollywood Atlas
• Hollywood Cuisine
• International Showdown By Proxy
• Made In Country X
• Mistaken Nationality
• National Stereotypes
• National Stereotypes North America
• National Stereotypes Asia
• National Stereotypes Western Europe
• National Stereotypes Eastern Europe
• Non-Specifically Foreign
• Phenotype Stereotype
• Quirky Neighbour Country
• Regional Riff
• Savage Piercings
• Stock Foreign Name
• Undisclosed Native

Africans

• Amoral Afrikaner
• Bulungi
• Darkest Africa

African Americans/Black

• Angry Black Man
• Magical Negro
• Malcolm Xerox
• Mammy
• Sassy Black Woman
• Scary Black Man
• Uncle Tomfoolery

Americans

• The All-American Boy
• America Saves the Day
• America Takes Over the World
• America Wins the War
• Americans Are Cowboys
• Brooklyn Rage
• Eagleland
• Minnesota Nice
• Patriotic Fervor
• Southern-Fried Private
• Tipis And Totem Poles
• Wacky Americans Have Wacky Names
• We All Live in America

Arabs

• Arab Oil Sheikh
• Middle Eastern Coalition
• Qurac

Asians

• All Asians Wear Conical Straw Hats
• Asian Airhead
• Asian and Nerdy
• Asian Drivers
• Asian Rudeness
• Asian Store-Owner
• Dragon Lady
• Dragons Up the Yin Yang
• Identical-Looking Asians
• Inscrutable Oriental
• Interchangeable Asian Cultures
• Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow
• Yellow Peril

Australians

• Awesome Aussie
• Land Down Under

Brits

• Evil Brit
• The Mean Brit
• Quintessential British Gentleman
• Smart People Speak The Queen’s English
• Spot of Tea
• Stiff Upper Lip
• British Stuffiness

Canadians

• Canada, Eh?
• Canadian Equals Hockey Fan

Chinese

• All Chinese People Know Kung-Fu
• China Takes Over the World

Dutch

• Freestate Amsterdam

Eastern Europeans

• Ruritania
• Sensual Slavs
• Überwald

Europeans

• Europeans Are Kinky

French

• Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys
• Everyone Looks Sexier If French
• French Cuisine Is Haughty
• French Jerk
• Gay Paree

Germans

• All Germans Are Nazis
  • Those Wacky Nazis
• Germanic Depressives
• Germanic Efficiency
• Herr Doktor
• Oktoberfest

Indians

• Bollywood Nerd
• Operator from India
• Sim Sim Salabim

Indigenous

• Badass Native
• Braids, Beads and Buckskins
• The Chief’s Daughter
• Hollywood Natives
• Indian Maiden
• Lost Tribe
• Magical Native American
• The Savage Indian
• Tonto Talk
• Native Americans

Irish

• Fighting Irish
• Irish Priest
• Officer O’Hara
• Oireland

Israel

• Badass Israeli

Italians

• Italians Talk With Hands
• Olive Garden
• The Mafia

Japanese

• Anime Land
• The Idiot from Osaka
• Japanese Politeness
• Japanese Ranguage
• Japanese Tourist
• Japan Takes Over the World

Jewish

• All Jews Are Ashkenazi
• All Jews Are Cheapskates
• Badass Israeli
• Greedy Jew
• Jewish and Nerdy
• Jews Love to Argue
• Matzo Fever

Latin Americans

• Banana Republic
• Latino Is Brown
• Latin Lover
  • Spicy Latina

Nordic Countries

• Horny Vikings
• Norse by Norsewest

Russians

• Fake Russian
• Glorious Mother Russia
• Husky Russkie
• Mother Russia Makes You Strong
• Russian Guy Suffers Most
• That Russian Squat Dance
• Vodka Drunkenski

Scots

• Bonnie Scotland
• Brave Scot
• Scotireland
• Thrifty Scot
• Violent Glaswegian

Spaniards

• Dashing Hispanic
• Spexico
• Toros y Flamenco